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Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the UN Security Council’s arms restrictions against Tehran have all been terminated in defiance of the United States’ efforts. “As of today [October 18, 2020], all restrictions on the transfer of arms, related activities and financial services to and from the Islamic Republic of Iran, and all prohibitions regarding the ...

Amnesty International has warned against passing “deeply dangerous” legislation into law, saying the proposed law would give devastating power to undercover agencies to authorize torture and murder in the United Kingdom (UK) and overseas. Responding to news that the controversial Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill has passed its third ...

The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman says Moscow will consider military technical cooperation with Iran in line with mutual interests after the expiration of a United Nations arms embargo on Tehran. “We are convinced that all possibilities stemming from the expiration of the provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a telephone conversation with his Azeri counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov voiced his country’s readiness to help achieve sustainable peace and solution to the dispute and clashes between the two neighboring countries of Azerbaijan and Armenia within the framework of a regional initiative by Iran, ...

The Zionist entity’s military establishment is concerned that a war could break out with Hezbollah along the northern border of the ‘Israeli’-occupied Palestinian territories. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and outbreaks in the ‘Israeli’ amry’s bases with thousands of soldiers infected, a large-scale combat exercise simulating war on the Lebanon and ...

By Staff, Agencies Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami hailed the Islamic Republic’s significant progress made in the field of satellite technology. “The Islamic Republic has made outstanding progress in manufacturing satellite launchers and satellites,” General Hatami said on Thursday during a visit to the Iranian Armed Forces Geographical ...

The file photo shows fighters from the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) in an undisclosed location in Iraq. (Photo the PMU media bureau) A senior Iraqi lawmaker says a proposed truce by anti-terror resistance groups, which are part of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known by the Arabic name ...

Yemen’s popular Ansarullah revolutionary movement released two American prisoners as part of a deal that also secured the return of more than 200 Yemenis stuck in Oman as a result of the Saudi-led blockade of the war-torn country. The Wednesday swap apparently involved Saudi Arabia and Oman, which frequently plays ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described preventing the purchase of medicine and food for the Iranian nation as a “crime against humanity.” Zarif made the remarks in a telephone conversation with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi. During the phone talk with his Japanese counterpart, Zarif exchanged views on international ...

Translated by Staff The Hezbollah and Amal Movement Command issued the following statement: Given the formation of the negotiating delegation on the demarcation of borders, which holds its first meeting on Wednesday, we are concerned to present the following: The frame agreement that was announced by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri ...